C1 – Lesson 11 – Speculation and Deduction 1 – Test

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• A What are those people doing standing outside their workplace?
• B They _____ smokers. I can see a cloud of smoke above their heads.

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• A Who’s that at the door?
• B It _____ the postman. He dropped off a parcel half an hour ago.

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• Alex didn’t show up for his graduation. He _____ feeling well.

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• A Whose is that Mercedes parked outside?
• B It _____ Dave’s, he drives a Fiat Panda.

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• Did you really run all the way here? Come in and have a seat. You _____ exhausted.

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• Linda ______ James what happened. She was the only one who talked to him before the meeting.

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• A Look! There’s a man over there filming everyone going in and out of that hotel.
• B He _____ an undercover policeman. Either that or a newspaper reporter.

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• They _____ at the party. I would have seen them if they’d been there.

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• A Have you any idea what time it is?
• B It’s really dark outside, it _____ after 9 pm.

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• She _____ a TV in those days. They were really expensive at that time and only a few people owned one.